Gillespie in Macoupin County, Illinois — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
Macoupin & Chestnut Streets
1926 -1930
Photographed by Thomas Smith, April 9, 2022
1. Macoupin & Chestnut Streets Marker
This was the scene at this corner in the years 1926 -1930. The Dippold Drug Store was a thriving business located on this corner during these years when Route 66 ran through Gillespie.
Prominent Gillespie resident, Lincoln Loveless, and his wife Flora are shown proudly posing with their new 1926 Franklin auto.
The 1919 WWI soldier statue, originally displayed at this intersection, was erected to honor the fallen soldiers and sailors of the first World War. The monument was later removed due to traffic safety concerns. The original base can be seen today a few bocks north near the Gillespie Fire station. The statue was lost and replaced with an eagle.
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Arts, Letters, Music • Industry & Commerce • Roads & Vehicles • War, World I. A significant historical year for this entry is 1919.
Location. 39° 7.596′ N, 89° 48.987′ W. Memorial is in Gillespie, Illinois, in Macoupin County. It is at the intersection of West Chestnut Street and South Macoupin Street (State Route 4), on the right when traveling west on West Chestnut Street. Touch for map. Memorial
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Regionally, this memorial is in the American Midwest and in the Corn Belt. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture and also the Northwest Territory.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 8 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Founding of the Progressive Miners of America (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); Dedicated to the Soldiers and Sailors of Gillespie (about 500 feet away); Veterans Memorial (about 500 feet away); Heart of Coal Country (about 600 feet away); Union Miners Cemetery at Mt. Olive, Illinois (approx. 5½ miles away); Soulsby Shell Station, Mt. Olive, Illinois (approx. 5.8 miles away); Ill. Traction System (approx. 8.1 miles away); a different marker also named Veterans Memorial (approx. 8.1 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Gillespie.
Another marker is no longer nearby.
Photographed by Thomas Smith, April 9, 2022
2. Macoupin & Chestnut Streets Marker
Credits. This page was last revised on April 19, 2022. It was originally submitted on April 13, 2022, by Thomas Smith of Waterloo, Ill. This page has been viewed 387 times since then and 12 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on April 13, 2022, by Thomas Smith of Waterloo, Ill. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.
